Aleksandra Popowich
Research Associate
Department of Scientific Research
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY, USA
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Aleks Popowich has been at The Met since 2020 where she studies the many uses of proteins and lipids in works of art using mass spectrometry. Previously, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute. She holds a PhD in chemistry from the University of Alberta, where she studied the interactions of carcinogenic arsenic compounds with proteins using mass spectrometry and immunoassays.
A Tripartite Approach to Biomolecule Analysis for the Identification of Chia Oil in Paintings and Lacquerware from New Spain (Mexico); Identifying trace amounts of brain-tissue-specific proteins in emulsion cured animal skins
Identifying trace amounts of brain-tissue-specific proteins in emulsion cured animal skins